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What Happened in July 1581

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Jul 14 English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)

Act of Abjuration

Jul 26 Dutch Act of Abjuration declared - seven Dutch provinces declare their independence from Spanish King Philip II

King of Spain Philip II of Spain

Famous Birthdays

Jul 2 Johann Staden, German baroque organist and composer, baptized in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1634)

Famous Deaths

Jul 11 Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
Jul 23 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies

What Happened in 1581

Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son
November 16, 1581

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